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I had the same prob and I downloaded and installed that rpm and it works now.

ok so i've got more to report on... I did the following and it seemed to clean up all the problems nicely... -reinstalled the ipod on my roomies computer -delete all the files on the ipod...including the folders...let the apple logo come on and remake those folders. -unhooked the ipod with the ole remove hardware win tray icon thing -booted and logged in as root -mounted ipod -opened gtkpod -didn't read the db from the ipod -added some files (like 10) to the playlist -hit sync -watched the little disk acces icon in the upper left corner of the ipod...it goes on for a sec...then it goes on for a while...then wait...then it might go on for a another short sec.. -then try closing gtkpod...if it complains that everything isn't written to the ipod then its not done...wait some more -i started gtkpod again and transfered more files...they work...this means that it is repeatable...SWEET This has been so, so freaking frustrating...i probably stank bad on a frosh level test on wed because of this whole issue. On the other hand I learned about what PAM does, the internal workings of Ipods, and how to recompile a kernel.

I've done some more screwing around with the G4 ipod/gtkpod/mdk10.1 and found some more interesting stuff out. -gtkpod seems to update the database after it uploads all the new files...so if you are like halfway though and it stops working you can't see the new files. -If you then try to add them again this doesn't work because it tries to load files in order to the ipod file system folders f00-fxx all the while using its very own gtkpod incremental file numbers...this is a problem if the previous files didn't get downloaded right and can't be written over. This causes gtkpod to stop transfering files and you never get a clean database file. -The only remedy i can conjure up to this is to go and reinstall the ipod on my roomates PC then come back and sync small groups of songs to the ipod through gtkpod. All the while crossing my fingers that it doesn't screw up.

Ok as per my other thread I have fixed my ipod and made it work...here is my setup (some things may be necessary and some things may not be depending on your computer/ipod combo and luck/karma/mana levels): 1) a 32bit version of mdk seems to be more stable than a 64bit version (I'm using 10.1 C) 2) recompile the kernel according to the instructions found here http://pgshopping.com/mdkxp/?c=ttrls/mdkkernel and follow the lilo instructions here http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-...NFIGURATION-2-6 (ONLY NECESSARY FOR G4 IPODS) 3) if you have nvidia drivers you must reinstall them...this may include using the workarounds found on this an other forums... http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=452821 or http://ariejan.net/content/view/85/2/ 4) while you are waiting for the kernel to compile go bug one of your friends to let you install the ipod on your friend's computer...be sure to put a song or two on the ipod to make sure that an ipod database file exists on the ipod. This step is necessary because virgin ipods come from the store mac formated (which is usable only if you compile in HFS+ modules in your kernel compile) 5) make sure you boot from the custom kernel 6) add a fstab entry for the ipod...mine looks like this: /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod vfat umask=0,user,noauto,exec 0 0 You may have to fiddle with permissions at this point. Also, do a "mkdir /mnt/ipod" as root to create a mount point for the ipod. 7) install gtkpod...I installed it from a rpm i found a pbone.net but you can probably compile it yourself (this may clear up a later issue) 8) mount the ipod using "mount /mnt/ipod" as root 9) start gtkpod as root 10) click the read database thing... 11) add songs...then click sync. I would recommend not including all the songs you have on the first try. After you click sync gtkpod may or may not look like its rocketing through the transfer. It will look like its done but its not. So go watch some tv or something and come back (might want to ask someone how long it takes approx per song to download). 12) do a "umount /mnt/ipod" as root and then take the ipod out after it completes even though there is still the warning on the screen. OR do a "eject /mnt/ipod" which does the same thing but returns it to the regular screen.

SOLVED...there is a gtkpod glitch. Basically if I load some songs and hit sync gtkpod looks like its syncing them rediculously fast, but its not. So, I have to wait a long time to make sure they are all on...or i can guess based on touching the ipod and seeing if it is reading/writting to the harddrive.

I've been trying for the past week to get my new ipod (G4) to work with linux. Here is what i've done so far: -clean install of 10.1 -custom kernel compile without the EFI option so the ipod will not refuse to mount -nvidia 6111 driver install...done with the workaround -screwed up the ipod (with partial downloads to the ipod) and had to both reset it and re-initialize the ipod by installing it on a windows computer agian. Right now i can: -mount and read all the files off the ipod both as root and user -eject it cleanly However, i can't seem to write files to the ipod using ephpod or gtkpod. Both programs seem to work fine except when it comes to sending files to the ipod. When i do that it looks like it happens really fast and i get no error msgs. However, no songs are written to the ipod. I think it might be a permissions thing and i've looked into that quite a bit but now i'm thinking its a permissions thing that's screwed up with PAM. PAM seems to want to restric me using some glx driver files and resets these premissions/restrictions when i restart...could it be doing these things to the ipod directory permissions? my fstab entry looks like this: /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod vfat umask=0,user,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,users 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 Any ideas would be helpful...also what PAM config files would you like to see to help with that because i have no clue about PAM at all (I actually did a search and there is nothing about PAM on this board at all)

It is possible to get a 4G ipod installed...I just, finally, got it to work. Basically there is this "feature" in the newer kernels called the EFI partition which is used for portable drives and such. For some reason on the 4G ipods this causes them to be unreadable. To fix this you are gonna have to build your own custom kernel. Luckily I found this website http://pgshopping.com/mdkxp/?c=ttrls/mdkkernel which tells you exactly what to do (you will have to find the EFI option in the .config file and change the "y" to an "n"). Then if you have nvidia drivers you are gonna have to reinstall them for the new kernel. Then you can add an fstab entry for the ipod and mount it with mount /mnt/ipod (not sure what the entry should look like yet). But using 'eject /mnt/ipod' works to both umount the ipod and get it out of that do no undock mode. PM me if you are still having probs and i'll walk you through it...its worth all the trouble...if you PM i'll probably contact you over IM.

SOLVED I used some instruction on another webpage to install the nvidia driver (the one where you have to change a line in the nv.c file) It worked. d Thanks for the help.

I recently started over on may amd64 box with the 10.1C for the 32 bit processors. I have a 3 monitor set up that is usually a pain in the !@# to configure and this time is no exception. I made a copy of my working X86Config file and tried to use it this time but the X server refuses to start. it tells me that the device is already in use. Here is the config file: File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-120 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800 ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050 ModeLine "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200 ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor2" VendorName "Plug'n Play" HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-120 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800 ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050 ModeLine "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200 ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nv" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device2" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nv" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:0:6:0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "device2" Monitor "monitor2" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1" #Option "Xinerama" EndSection Basically it sets up the card with 2 monitors to have the 2 monitors on the left and right of the monitor that is running on the agp card by itself. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks

This is weird one guys. Every time i surf over to ebay.com i get through about 2 pages of material and then i get kicked of my cable connection. We have 3 (sometimes 4) computers connected to a netgear router thing to share the connection coming out of the cable modem. Any ideas why it's ebay.com and only ebay.com that makes this happen?

I'm so excited because today i get a tablet pc and its free (for a semester). My university has some partnership thing with MSoft and they are giving about 400 students in several classes tablet pc's to use for the semester. I'd like to use linux on it...but in order to get some of the course work/special materials i'll need to dual boot. What distro do you think i should use for this (I was thinking blag with the modified wacom tablet driver)? Also, though this would be one of those slashdot headlines: Universities parter with devil to give students use of tablet PC's.

i've got a unique setup...3 monitors...no xinerama (for graphics reasons) ... in order to configure the panels i'm going to have to edit some config files...where might i find these? (KDE give me a crash report doodad when i right click and try to configure them that way)

I'd like to get abiword to work on my mandrake box, but i can't seem to get past a libpng dependency issue. If I try to compile abiword or install it from a generic rpm i'm told that i do not have libpng.so.2 However, I have all the libspng and libpng-devels installed. Is there some place that i can point the configure script to those? When i try to compile it i get the following: checking for gtk+-2.0 >= 2.2.0 libglade-2.0 >= 2.0.0 ... Package libglade-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libglade-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'libglade-2.0' found configure: error:

sometimes people have problems with the rpmed version of ndiswrapper so you should probably try to compile the most recent version found on sourceforge. Then get both the inf and sys files from the windows installer and put them in a folder. Then type "ndiswrapper /<foldername>/<drivername>.sys" and if all goes well it'll work...otherwise there are lots of people here who can prolly help you out. Oh and the table on ndiswrapper's website is often wrong about the chipset acutally used so rely on what harddrake tells you the chipset is (use the PCI id number thingy...its almost always accurate).

firefox of course...and lynx. For mail I use sylpheed because it is so freakin fast, reliable and uses almost zero memory. Heck it's name even means light and airy. Might also check out sylpheed-claws which can do a little more than the standard sylpheed.

and me: amd 64 3200+ with 512K RAM MSI K8T Neo 80 gig HD 1 agp nvidia 5200 with 1 output 1 pci nvidia 5200 with 2 outputs 1 20" monitor in the center and 2 17's on the sides I'm currently running: Mdk 10 rc1 for amd 64 using KDE. Stuff I got running and had to compile myself/mess with a bit to get to work: Audacity...the rpm version would just segfault gimp-2.0 racer gtkpod...compiled 2X second time the dialogs actually had text hugin...stiches pictures to make a panorama sulu...lets me connect with my old yepp mp3 player Hardware coolness: guitar hooked up to multieffects processor with a balanced line out to the turtle beach santa cruz, recorded all on audacity...sounds awesome. gamepad used to control xmms Stuff i'd like to get working: sodipodi...segfaults or tells me i'm missing packages i have depending how i install it wine pure data...sort of works but it won't load sound files pictures: multiple monitors

I've been using a 128 mb crucial usb memory stick for a couple of months now with little problems. Recently i purchased a 256 mb memory stick (part of a pen called the atache by pny) and it seemed to work fine...when i use the new stick everything seems to work fine except about 10 minutes after i use it (plugged in or not) kde freezes. I can move the mouse around but ctrl+alt+backspace and ctrl+alt+F# does nothing. I've looked at some of the logs in /var/logs (messages I think) and it seems that when i use the new memory stick i get some i/o errors, but these shouldn't lock the system up. Should I modify my fstab entry so the memory sticks do not mount to the same point? Right now they mount to /mnt/removable and they both mount automatically when plugged in. Could the hardware be defective?

For the benefit of everyone else out there...where do i go to set the path that the linker looks for libraries? Most of the 64 bit "make" probs can probably solved by tweaking these settings. For instance i try to compile torcs and i get something that says ld (the linker) can't find -lX11 but i know it exists...its just not looking in the right path.

what did you finally format it as? I was thinking FAT32 but i think that's what it was before...and it lasted a couple of months before crapping out.

So i've been using this usb drive i've had for about a year to move stuff around from various PC's with various operating systems. However, it decided to go to junk the other night...it reported its size correctly but every time i tried to send files its way it told me it was full. Full of what you ask...beats me. So i've done some hunting around and found some interesting stuff. -Flash drives are only expected to last 2 years !!! (this was most suprising for me) -Flash drives can be formated...though this is not supposed to be good for their longgevity. -Pick FAT32/NTFS/ext2/ext3 wisely...this is where i ran into trouble. -On some formats you cannot single files over a certain size on the root directory of the drive.

-k3b works like a charm in mdk 10 amd64 rc1...no problems at all there -gcc works as it usually works...you should probably pay close attention to the locations of libraries and stuff to make sure gcc is pointing to the ones you want to use...mdk comes with ../lib/ and ../lib64/ and you can mix and match with varying results. These articles (adds) have some info on that sort of stuff http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/17783 http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/16520 http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/17363 -firefox and mozilla work...to get the flash plugin working i had to install it on another computer and copy the plugin file because the plugin installer complained that i had a 64 bit chip. -xmms. totem, mplayer, xine, grip, etc. all work flawlessly -games have worked off and on...i got driver to work and tuxracer, but not torcs, the open gl flight sim, or wine (though some people have jumped through some big hoops and do have wine running). -gtkpod work...i had to make it twice though because for some reason the first time i made it all the menus had no text. -audacity won't start (or it starts to start then poof its gone) so i think i might compile it myself. -gkrellm (sp?) works -gnucash...compiled myself...because i couldn't find the rpm.

true...i will need some massive power. Hypothetically if I had a single card on a single PCI slot running x amount of memory to each output and if I had 4 cards running x amount of memory out to each of their respective cards which would be faster. Is there more overhead because the cards have to "talk to eachother" or for the chips to talk to eachother on the same board. Also, I would think that heat could be a problem on one of these multihead cards...and the brings down performance.

santner...tell us what you think you might use the computer for and what really specific types of applications you have to have working (like wine, 3d stuff, etc.) beacuse Gowator, I and others could tell you what we've come across that work and what doesnt.

Is there any overhead when running many video cards on one system? The reason i ask is that we are building a system and it needs to support 4 monitors. Our options include using 4 cards, 2 cards or 1 card. Its actually cheaper to get 4 separate cards and you get more memory per display but if there is enough overhead this advantage would be lost. Also, I am not worried about using up all the PCI slots because the only other possible thing to get installed in this computer is a sound card.

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